The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets will challenge the East Surry Cardinals on Friday. Forest Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully East Surry likes a good challenge.
Forest Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past West Stanly 76-52. The Yellow Jackets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 20 matches by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for East Surry, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They came out on top against Community School of Davidson by a score of 53-40 on Tuesday. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Spartans are ranked 242nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Surry has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.1 points over those games. Forest Hills pushed their record up to 24-3 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home.
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